GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| pundit | pandit |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |